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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUSIC]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.10,0:00:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KATHY: It has more green.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.61,0:00:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KARIN: Yours has more green.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.62,0:00:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KATHY: Mine's black. With stripes of black. Yours has more green.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.96,0:00:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KARIN: My name is Karin Kettler,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.90,0:00:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm an Inuit singer and drum dancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.14,0:00:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KATHY: My name is Kathy Kettler,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.02,0:00:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm an Inuit throat singer and drum dancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.50,0:00:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUSIC]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.60,0:00:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KARIN: Is that hard enough?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.02,0:00:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KATHY: Yeah, that's good.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.99,0:00:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KATHY: We are in Anchorage, Alaska.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.16,0:00:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are here to perform at
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.02,0:00:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Circumpolar Music Festival at the Alaska Native Heritage Center.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.96,0:00:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This music festival is an opportunity for
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.24,0:00:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,groups from around the Circumpolar region to come and share their music,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.28,0:00:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're really honored to be amongst the people that are here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.70,0:01:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KATHY: The sounds that we're gonna be making is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.24,0:01:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[NOISE]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.74,0:01:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to make sure that you're breathing out as much as you're breathing in,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.12,0:01:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or else you might get lightheaded.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.91,0:01:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUSIC]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.01,0:01:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inuit throat singing is a friendly competition between girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.68,0:01:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was something that they would do while the men were out hunting.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.36,0:01:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUSIC]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.46,0:01:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do imitations of the sounds that we hear around us,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.02,0:01:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like animals and tools in nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.34,0:01:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KARIN: It's the same sound,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.90,0:01:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but only a half second off from each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.28,0:01:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's how we can blend our voices. Throat singing comes from our voice,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.30,0:01:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our throat, and our breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.27,0:01:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.88,0:01:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KATHY: Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.32,0:01:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHTER].
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.51,0:01:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUSIC]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.61,0:01:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KARIN: I really enjoy throat singing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.60,0:02:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is part of the culture that we're from, Inuit culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.05,0:02:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is very unique in the sense that there are
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.77,0:02:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no other cultures in Canada that do this sort of singing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.74,0:02:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KATHY: I am looking for two volunteers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.05,0:02:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KARIN: It's very important to pass along throat singing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.85,0:02:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a very oral tradition.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.37,0:02:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't be written down.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.67,0:02:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to be learned from someone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.10,0:02:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KATHY: Throat singing is a strength for our people, for the Inuit people,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.19,0:02:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being able to learn it and be proficient at it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.83,0:02:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pass it on to others is a really great gift to have and give.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.01,0:02:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUSIC]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.11,0:02:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[APPLAUSE]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.21,0:02:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KARIN: That's it?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.88,0:02:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.49,0:03:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KATHY: Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.83,0:03:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUSIC]